“By casting my book as personal rather than professional—by marketing me as a woman on a journey of self-discovery, rather than a reporter on a groundbreaking assignment—I was effectively being stripped of my expertise on the subject I knew best.” Suki Kim on the miscategorization of her work of investigative journalism as memoir. | New Republic

Exploring the “girl-to-girl current that leads teens to shirk off the prescribed narrative of girlhood in favor of something more thrilling:” On Girls on Fire and The Girls. | The Hairpin

English writer Joanna Walsh gathers her colleagues’ thoughts on Brexit, not many of them good. | 3:AM Magazine

From Clan Corgi Butts to Trash Clan: Tony Tulathimutte on Clash of Clans, not quite addictive smartphone strategy game and “itch that feels good to scratch.” | Real Life

Annie DeWitt on significance of voice, creating a family of language, and putting the burden on her reader. | Tin House

“But there is a profound difference between what a writer does alone in her room… and the human need to quietly share in the most intimate possible way, to confess, to stutter out thoughts and feelings, to be heard and understood.” Dani Shapiro on the loneliness of memoir writing. | The New York Times